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WILLIAM '1. SWEET, OF FAYETTE, NEW YORK.

, Letters PatentNo. 63,960, dated April 16, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN DEVICE FOR WASHING CARRIAGE-WHEELS.

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TO ALL WHOM IT- MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM T. SWEET, of Fayette, in the county ofSeneca, and State of New York, have invented a new and improved Device for Washing Carriage-Wheels; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification. v r

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improvement.

Figure 2, a longitudinal vertical section.

Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both figures.

My invention consists in a semicircular or segmental receptacle of suitable size to receive the carriage wheel, which receptacle is provided on the inside with folds of cloth, or 'other material, forming rubbers that act upon the spokes of the wheel as it is revolved or moved alternately forward or back by hand.

As represented in the drawings, A is the receptacle, which is preferably made of wood, and composed of two side pieces a a anda steam-bent rim, 6, nailed, or otherwise tightly secured together. The top is shown a little angular, in order to properly retain the water as the wheel is'turned. Centrally, on opposite sides, are

made half-circular sockets c c to receive the hub of the wheel, and in the edges of these are bearings (Z cl, in which rests the bolt or pin which is put through the boxes of the hub, and on which the wheel rests and turns in the receptacle. These sockets are preferably stayed by braces ff, holding against the sides of the receptacle.

are brushes or rubbers in the socketsfor cleaning the hub. To the opposite sides of the receptacle, and

preferably in an angular positi0n,are attached folds of cloth g g, or other equivalent soft, flexible material, in such a position as to come in contact with the spokes as the wheel is turned. In the drawings these folds are represented as attached by means of slats 7th. The wheel to be washed is removed from the carriage and placed in the receptacle, resting upon a bolt or pin, as before mentioned. It is then either slowly revolved in the water or turned alternately backward and forward, as may be desired. The rim will be washed clean by the friction of the water, and the hub also, by resting beneath the surface on the under side, will be readily cleaned by the brushes 2' z without difficulty. But the spokes, by their peculiar form, require more tharrthe ordinary action. This is accomplished by'rneans of the folds of cloth, or other material, which not only come in contact with the spokes, but also wind or turn around them asthe wheel is slowly revolved, thus removing the dirt from the.

middle as well as the sides of the spokes. As the folds are always charged with water theiraction on thespokes will be gentle. I

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A receptacle, A, provided with the sockets c c and brushes i 2', operating substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth.

I also claiin'the folds g g, or equivalent, in combination with the receptacle A, operating substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

' WM. T. SWEET.

Witnesses:

DAVID C. SMALLEY, LE ROY BRADLEY. 

